Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

It is not hard to see why people visit animal cafes in Japan. Animals are cute. Owl lovers want a close-up experience. Capybaras look so unbothered that you can imagine they’re enjoying the attention.

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

Each year, monks from Shinguji, a temple in the town of Yao, Osaka Prefecture that was founded in the late 17th century, hold a massive funeral service. Last year’s ceremony was to celebrate and put ...

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Akita Prefecture in northern Japan has decided to ask the Self-Defense Forces for help in eliminating bears amid a spate of ...

Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another ...

The seventh bear-related death recorded in Japan this year was a man, estimated to be in his 70s, who was reportedly picking ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.